Stephon Marbury poses in front of his life-size bronze statuebuilt by fans in commemoration of his contribution to the BeijingDuck’s first-ever CBA title outside the MasterCard Center inBeijing, May 13, 2012. [Chinadaily]
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April 4, Qingming Festival of China
Tomb Sweeping Day, or Qingming – which falls on April 4 this year – is a national festival stretching back more than 2,500 years for people to honor and remember their deceased loved-ones at cemeteries and memorials. It is not just a day to honor those who have passed away, but also a time to embrace life at the beginning of spring.
In our special report, we will cover the origins and customs of Qingming, the ways people pay their respect, and the innovative and increasingly green ways people commemorate the deceased on this day. The following poem by Du Mu (AD 803-852 ) depicted the fetival more than 1,000 yars ago.
A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day;
The mourner’s heart is breaking on his way.
Where can a wine house be found to drown his sadness?
A cowherd points to Almond Flower (Xing Hua) Village in the distance.
(Blog posted by ChinaDaily on March 31, 2012. You can see the original article by following this link to ChinaDaily)
Spring snow blankets Beijing
People enjoy the scenery of a corner tower of the Fobidden City after a snow on Sunday morning in Beijing, March 18, 2012. Photo/Xinhua
BEIJING – The Chinese capital was blanketed by spring snow on Sunday morning, after a day of heavy fog that has grounded hundreds of flights in the country’s north.
Rain began to hit Beijing Saturday evening and later turned into snow. As of 6 am Sunday, snow has accumulated to as deep as eight centimeters in parts of the city.
Light snow continued Sunday morning but the National Meteorological Center said on its website that it would stop later in the day.
Hundreds of flights were canceled Saturday at the Beijing Capital International Airport as dense fog reduced visibility. The airport said early Sunday that the snow would continue to affect flights.
On Saturday, airports in Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou in North China were all enveloped in dense fog, with the visibility in Tianjin’s airport less than 50 meters.
Trees and cars are blanketed by snow in Beijing, March 18, 2012. Photo/CFP
Trees are covered by snow in Beijing, March 18, 2012. Photo/Xinhua
A man stands on the road covered by snow in Beijing, March 18, 2012. Phtoo/Xinhua
(Blog posted by ChinaDaily on March 18, 2012. You can see the original article by following this link to ChinaDaily)
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Here is Shanghai Dot Com For Sale
I don’t usually call out a specific domain that I have for sale (because I have so many of them) but this domain is definitely neat for a number of reasons:
- If you are a Shanghaiist or love Shanghai then this could be a killer domain name!
- hereisshanghai.com would obviously titled as – Here is Shanghai, incredible brand!
- Simple, easy to remember. No-brainer.
- It’s cute. Or at least I think so.
The intention when I purchased it was to start a company with my existed website Here is Beijing. Currently hereisbeijing.com is a built website on wordpress.com. But I found wordpress.com is blocked by China authorities, so now I hope the right person with the right amount of motivation could take it.
Let me know if you’re interested. I’m looking for about $500 ( Includes $99 for 1-year hosting which I have paid to wordpress.com).
Amazing! Unable to afford rent, Beijing vagabond builds and lives in an “egg” home
Beijing vagabond, a literal translation for the Chinese word beipiao, refers to the group of people who do not have a Beijinghukou (permanent residence), who migrated to Beijing from other places of China seeking opportunities and better life. Beipiaois also a life style of being a drifter in Beijing.
Dai Haifei, 24, has just graduated from college and now works an employee at an architectural design company in Beijing, built himself this egg-shaped hut using materials that costs only 6400 Chinese yuan (less than US$1000).
The “Egg house” is about two meters high, three meters long and two meters wide (Height: 6.5 feet; Length: 10 feet; Width: 6.5 feet). The hut was woven with bamboo and pegged with nails. Outside bamboo, there are mats, insulation film and waterproof film. The outermost is the insulation layer made up of sacks stuffed with sawdust and grass seed, “In the spring, grass can grow from within.”
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